In article . com,
(Neil Williams) wrote:

I'm still pretty sure I have seen
under-16s on it on several occasions.

I only referred to unaccompanied under-16s. My information is not /that/
up to date as the daughter in question is now 19.

--
Colin Rosenstiel

On Wed, 27 Sep 2006 09:05 +0100 (BST), (Colin
Rosenstiel) wrote:

In article . com,
(Neil Williams) wrote:

I'm still pretty sure I have seen
under-16s on it on several occasions.

I only referred to unaccompanied under-16s. My information is not /that/
up to date as the daughter in question is now 19.

I'm fairly certain that I used Associated Motorways unaccompanied from
about the age of 14. However, at that time you had to pay full fare
once you were 14, so maybe it is tied to the half-fare age limit?
--
Terry Harper
Website Coordinator, The Omnibus Society
http://www.omnibussoc.org

Terry Harper wrote:

I'm fairly certain that I used Associated Motorways unaccompanied from
about the age of 14. However, at that time you had to pay full fare
once you were 14, so maybe it is tied to the half-fare age limit?

AFAIAA it's company policy of National Express, but not of anybody
else. I strongly doubt that the X5 would have such a limit, as it's
not really a coach service in the traditional sense, as it doesn't
really have any of the properties of one other than being operated
using vehicles that look more like coaches than buses (though a decker
does show up from time to time).

Megabus[1] seems to state 15+ is allowed, and they don't *have* any
child fares. I actually can't find anything at all on NatEx's website
about it.

[1] Yes, I know the X5 takes some Megabus pax, but it is really just a
Stagecoach United Counties (Bedford) operation.

Neil

Colin Rosenstiel wrote:
They are evil, trying to pass buses off as trains.

Hmm, evil might be a bit strong, perhaps "sneaky"?. That said, listing
bus services as part of a rail timetable is hardly new. E.g. take a
look at amtrak.com for service from Seattle, WA to Vancouver, BC.
--
Rob

In article . com,
(Rob Hamadi) wrote:

Colin Rosenstiel wrote:
They are evil, trying to pass buses off as trains.

Hmm, evil might be a bit strong, perhaps "sneaky"?. That said,
listing bus services as part of a rail timetable is hardly new. E.g.
take a look at amtrak.com for service from Seattle, WA to Vancouver, BC.

When they offer an indirect journey including a bus when there is a
faster and direct train is, IMHO, evil. The fact that the bus and
indirect train are run by the owners of the web site makes it worse.

--
Colin Rosenstiel